Thanks for the new link for Canon MX870. It appears to work fine in preliminary testing (testpage). I did have to update CUPS to 1.3x and add the Canon software CUPS backend drivers per your instructions to get wireless working. All are functioning now. Puppy system tested is 4.3.2 v3.

9.) Set up the printer using manual method (buttons and printer status screen). This includes making sure printer is in wireless mode (not LAN mode) and adding any existing network ESSID, WPA, etc. info according to your needs.

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Problems recently discovered:

1.) The upgrade to CUPS 1.3x removes all existing printer drivers. Many of these took a long time to figure out, and so I've been reluctant to upgrade the other computers on my network until I really am sure that the CUPS 1.3x/CanonMX870 setup is going to work. I will have to record and rewrite the older printer setups if I do convert all computers to CUPS 1.3x

2.) The canon_mx870-3.30 driver does not include B+W printing and only one resolution (600 dpi) is supported. (At least, there are no other options than 600dpi and RGB in the CUPS Printer dialog.) I don't know whether a program can override this limitation on a printout, but it doesn't look like it can.

Color printing of all text documents is impractical as it would be incredibly expensive. The quality is also not very good for text printed in color.

So it looks like this is not going to work out for me, as it stands now. 90% of my needs are for B+W printing.Last edited by vtpup on Sun 06 Mar 2011, 15:59; edited 1 time in total

The canon_mx870-3.30 driver does not include B+W printing and only one resolution (600 dpi) is supported.

That's annoying. I did a simulated install and I could not find any other options either. Then I checked some other Canon models and they were the same way - just RGB at 600DPI. This driver is built using the "official" .deb packages from the Canon site so there aren't any other options available.

I will try installing my MP490 in Ubuntu and see if it gives any more options.

The real problem is Canon's lack of support of Linux, historically. I had the same problem, as I remember it now, with my old Canon S600. That was why I eventually went to Turboprint.

No relief there though, either. Unfortunately, my present version of Turboprint doesn't include the MX870. And I refuse to send those folks any more money after they stranded me without support a couple months after I bought, it unless I bought a newer version.

I eventually worked around the earlier problem by analyzing Turboprint's installation procedure, and I may need to go even deeper again here. What a pain. Printing in Linux is the biggest obstacle to easy acceptance, I believe.

I booted Ubuntu 10.10 off its Live CD. It detected my MP490 but had no driver for it. So the only alternative was to go to the Canon site, which would have gotten me the same driver and PPD as in Puppy.

I looked at the combined package. It just appears to be the existing printer and scanner drivers bundled together.

I just installed a Brother MFC-J415W and was quite impressed. It has a full set of printing options. Both wireless printing and scanning were dead easy to set up.

Am rather new to this puppy world. Have a network here with a canon MP620 wirelessly attached. It's being used for ages with my windows machines. However now I have this old laptop which is running puppy 5.2 for my daugther to do some schoolwork on. Would be nice if she could printe sometimes too.

Is any of the files mentioned here ready to be used on this system?

THIA

edit: The printer is available via the network on an ip adress, so I do not mean to find it via wifi. Puppy is connected tot the network on ethernet.

tried installing the mp620 via usb. after installing the driver, I could select it. However when trying to print a little test from goffice writer, cups shows the printhob as completed. Only it never arrived at the printer

Am at work now, but will try again tonight.

wait a second.... did you edit your prev. post? I recall diffent download locations and files. Or am I messing threads up again?

Well...uninstalled the files and then installed yours.
Cups found 2 usb printers. However, having addad each one of the as a printer can say that none seemed to work. The first one could not print and held the job, the second one told the job is completed, however, the printer recieved no data. usb ports are fine, are being used for maouse and keyboeard to now and then. Any idea what I am doing wrong?
The 2nd one found a location tot usb:///canon/blablabla and the 1st one to usb:///puppypc/blablabla

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